Midseason Classic TuesDAILIES!

Anyone and everyone can post your runs, cross-training, abdominal work, rest days, race plans, training questions, etc. The only stupid question is the one you did not post. There’s a great mix of beginners and veterans, runners and walkers, and maniacs and returners (from injury, to running, to RWOL). We're all a little crazy here too! While this thread is a terrific source of motivation for runners and serves as outstanding accountability, you’ll quickly find this remarkable group to be highly supportive of all life experiences. So, come on in, put your feet up and stay awhile (not literally)! And whoever is up first is welcome to start the thread and we definitely keep some weird hours around here.

Good morning runners!Monday: 8 miles 1:21:30 - 10:11 avg. pace - recovery.Weird run yesterday - felt great starting out and then just died, almost like I bonked coming back. Eh, it's 8 miles in the bank on my OFF day. See what I have in me today. Another massage appointment scheduled along with P/T for the neck, which is finally feeling much better today! Anyone watching the All-Star game tonight? Have a great day!

Good morning fellow runners! I haven't run in 2 days to give my hip a rest. I will give it a go again tonight on what could be the hottest day of the summer thus far. I will never give up. Call me a running badger. I am very persistent. I know eventually I will get over this injury.

'Morning! I did my first duathlon Sunday and did great. 4.5K run, 40K bike, 10K run. I finished 16 out of 47 overall. It was mainly a triathlon event with 300 or so doing that, but I opted for the duathlon since I haven't trained for swimming. It was hilly, humid, and warm. Took me 2:43:56 to finish, right under the 2:45 goal I had set for myself. I'm really happy with how I did. It was very, very hard.

5 easy on the treadmill last night, 8 easy on the treadmill this morning.

No running for me today. I have gymnastics class this evening. I'm enjoying the fact that I don't have any early appointments today and I can laze around at home until 11:15 when I have to head into work.

Baboon- Way to go on the duathalon! Glad you had a great first go at it.

I will run 2-2.5 miles late tonight. Doing the 10k relay with my wife on Saturday, so I will just do a couple of 2-ish milers, one today and one on Thursday. I'm wondering if I should do a few strides toward the end of these runs? I have no expectations to PR this race since I'm running low miles and coming off back-to-back injuries. I would like to come in under 30. Mainly just want to give a solid effort so I can use McMillan to determine appropriate training paces.

Good morning runners!Monday: 8 miles 1:21:30 - 10:11 avg. pace - recovery.Weird run yesterday - felt great starting out and then just died, almost like I bonked coming back. Eh, it's 8 miles in the bank on my OFF day. See what I have in me today. Another massage appointment scheduled along with P/T for the neck, which is finally feeling much better today! Anyone watching the All-Star game tonight? Have a great day!

Good morning, holiday for me. Very hot this morning all ready and I'm tired and stiff from last nights run. Ran 6 miles with my brother and SIL at a faster pace than I am used to. Relaxing with coffee now but I am expecting the housework I need to catch up on to loosen me up so I can take the dog out later. MTTB- congrats in the duathlon! Take care in the heat everyone!

3.1 miles this morning. Kind of feel like a slacker following this training plan and having my mileage decrease, but oh well. I'd like to not hurt myself this round of HM training! Happy for my treadmill in weather like this. Wow... I'm too big of a wimp to run in this heat!

Good afternoon! Did 4 at lunch today, 93 & sunny--there was a breeze so it was somewhat bearable. HM training starts for real next week, and I'm going to do actual some speed work for the first time. Running the Maine Half for the 3rd time in October; "stretch" goal is 1:47 but we'll see how training goes.

Mtb - excellent summer duathlon! Getting off the bike for run #2 must be hard!!

Good luck mpj on your 5k tomorrow.

Matching 3x800s from Step and Moth - cool!

Heat and humidity warning already at 4AM. 8 easy miles scheduled and I had to fling my sleepy self out of doors early before the glowing orb of suffering got too high in the sky.

River trail, half asleep...only 12.6km so a little short and joggerifically slow, one hour and 22 minutes. After shower and breakfast I had an unscheduled micro-nap on the sofa - good thing no meetings!

Have a good day everyone!

Cool stretch from yesterday, ooligans. The seated pose is called Gomukhasana, cowface pose, so maybe when you turn it upside down it gets called whale tail, although that does create some thong-related confusion.

5.26 hot, sweaty, slow miles this morning, followed by easing my way back into the strength training class I've missed most of the last month. The instructor is awesome - she "offered" me more weight on one of the exercises, since I was going really light today. She doesn't let us get away with slacking! I told her next week I'll be back to normal. Back and hip feel surprisingly good - just a hint of a twinge, and I'll roll and stretch tonight to try to keep it that way. One hip flexor is still sore when doing ab work; it's been that way for more than a month and a halfway, and I'm not sure what steps to take. It's a tough muscle to rest without total rest, an awkward place to ice, ... it's a bit frustrating.

I didn't attempt my morning run after suiting up, getting out the door, and walking for a minute or two. My legs still feel terrible after yesterday's crappy run. The last thing I expected was to deplete my glycogen after just 8 miles of running.

I looked at my log, and realized I haven't taken a day off in over a month, so I figured today is a great day for total slacking. What a luxury, for me. Didn't go to work, and plan on lounging on the patio this afternoon with a few beers and a good book or two.

I'm beginning to appreciate those rare days off, when I really need them.

In some cases, I was following a fast running, good looking, seductively clad woman. In others, I was making a half-hearted attempt to do speed work, despite my absolute hatred of it. In any case, the following results are intended for entertainment purposes only, not because I'm trying to be the next Speed Racer of running.

Good morning runners!Monday: 8 miles 1:21:30 - 10:11 avg. pace - recovery.Weird run yesterday - felt great starting out and then just died, almost like I bonked coming back. Eh, it's 8 miles in the bank on my OFF day. See what I have in me today. Another massage appointment scheduled along with P/T for the neck, which is finally feeling much better today! Anyone watching the All-Star game tonight? Have a great day!

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